Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at this time " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can only deduce that the Eurasian and African plates began driving together at this time , with the latter dragged down beneath the rising Alpine mountains . |
| 2 | Cos it 's an outdoor job , it 's a three shift system for those on the bottom , er early , morning and late , cos the eight hour day had come in at this time . |
| 3 | They do n't want a completely unknown counsellor to come in at this time . |
| 4 | After lunch ( at about two o'clock ) many of us feel tired and may take a short nap , even though body temperature does not nominally fall much at this time . |
| 5 | I said you were mad to come over at this time . |
| 6 | ‘ Meg 's no good — she 's away — and you wo n't want to be driving far at this time of night … ’ |
| 7 | A complementary body of work was carried out at this time by Flavell and his colleagues ( 1981 ) . |
| 8 | He had businesses in the North and used regularly at this time of year at the end of the summer sales , to go the rounds of his shops , take stock , examine the books , and so on . |
| 9 | Tess seemed like a queen to Clare , perhaps because he knew that she was the most beautiful woman walking about at this time of day . |
| 10 | He often dropped in at this time of day , and frequently stayed for a drink on the veranda and an inspection of Faye 's work in the air-conditioned studio at the back of the house that would be used more and more as the hot summer approached . |
| 11 | The region of Conques suffered especially at this time from the breakdown of public authority and the rise of an aristocracy exercising local power from newly built castles . |
| 12 | Patterned Fair Isle yoke pullovers came in at this time , then polo necks . |
| 13 | ‘ Ordinarily I would have commented in some detail about our business , but can not do so at this time as we are in a closed period prior to the announcement of our 1992 results on 24 March ’ . |
| 14 | Looking back at this time , Nigel was surprisingly patient , but he was worried that , if he did n't improve , he 'd be unable to help with the move as almost any movement of his right arm increased his suffering . |
| 15 | An RSPCA official said : ‘ This all seems very pointless because wasps die out at this time of year anyway . ’ |
| 16 | Often they germinate well at this time of year , and will overwinter and get off to a good start next spring . |
| 17 | If weather permits and the soil is n't too cold and wet , the following crops can be sown outdoors at this time . |
| 18 | The school owed much at this time to the support of William Smyth , Bishop of Lincoln , who was one of the founders of Brasenose College in 1509 . |
| 19 | The unmitigated gall of the man , strolling up at this time and expecting a welcome . |
| 20 | ‘ What on earth are you doing home at this time ? ’ she demanded . |
| 21 | Large generic social services departments , which arose from the proposals from the Seebohm Committee on Local Authority and Allied Personal Social Services ( 1968 ) were set up at this time . |
| 22 | ‘ You 'll meet him coming back at this time of day . ’ |
| 23 | What are you doing here at this time ? |
| 24 | What 's he doing here at this time of night ? |
| 25 | ‘ What on earth are you doing here at this time of the morning ? ’ she demanded sleepily . |
| 26 | ‘ Of course I 've got a minute — what the bloody hell d' you think I 'm doing here at this time of night ? ’ |
| 27 | Many traders , dockers and railwaymen came into these towns which grew rapidly at this time . |
| 28 | Her aunt 's house was all of seven miles away and darkness fell early at this time of the year . |
| 29 | It is not a great idea for us to be split up at this time . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ If you think I 'm going to let you turn out at this time of night you 've got another think coming . |